ASP.NET version of Joomla

Question

Does anyone ever found/used an ASP.NET application similar to Joomla?
I need to set up a quick and dirty CMS on a Windows Server and our client doesn't want us to use something else than ASP.NET.
Thanks!

Answer 1

@jdecuyper

Sorry for double posting. I clicked twice by error.

You can delete the second question

Answer 2

Only thing that comes close that I know of is dasBlog
You might be able to use it as a starting point.

Answer 3

Community Server is a very well built CMS for ASP.NET, a free version is available.

Answer 4

Here is a list of a dozen or so CMS systems for ASP.NET, with a little commentary about most of them. They are not all open source, but a number of them are.

Answer 5

Graffiti is Telligent's CMS (makers of the previously mentioned Community Server) and my be more appropriate depending on your requirements.

There are also many CMS projects on Codeplex.

Answer 6

Did you Look at DotNetNuke (http://www.dotnetnuke.com/) Its seems to be a good Systems to Start off as a base , But I doubt I could call it a Full CMS ? (Upto the users to decide)

Answer 7

DotNetNuke is quick to set up and get running. It is the best ASP.NET CMS that I have used.

It comes with many modules, and can be extended with numerous commercial and free 3rd party modules.

It is very easy to change to look of a DNN site by simply changing the assigned skin, and many 3rd party skins are available as well.

Warbeats.com runs on DNN, and handles quite a bit of traffic.

Answer 8

I've been told by a friend that Umbraco is everything you would ever want in a CMS (and it was in the list that Nathan included in his answer). This recommendation is coming from a guy who's built several CMS solutions over the years and after taking a brief look at it, I think I'm going to try to push my clients towards using it over their current solutions.

Answer 9

I tried Graffiti and DotNetNuke and thought both were troublesome, then I tried Umbraco based on a recommendation from a friend and I love it! So much that I recommended it to Kooshmoose... I should also note that dasBlog is not a CMS, it's just blog software (which I use on my personal site and love, but it's not a CMS...)

Answer 10

MojoPortal might be worth a look into. Other than that, the list linked to by Nathan is well-worth looking into

Answer 11

umbraco gets my vote as a good CMS that comes close to Joomla in maturity and out of the box functionality. I'm not that fond of DNN, but it's been at least a year since I ran it thru its paces.

Answer 12

http://code.google.com/p/pigeoncms/ but it's still work in progress

Answer 13

See also Oxite. It's an ASP.NET MVC Blog engine that you can use it for CMS.

Answer 14

pigeoncms is now available for download. official site: http://www.pigeoncms.com or follow it on google code